Dell Inspiron 1720 - 17″ - $1674
-Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
-Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
-2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
-320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
-256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
-CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
-Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
-Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)-High Definition Audio 2.0
-Weight: 7.6 pounds

Apple MacBook Pro (17″ ) - $2,949.00
-2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4MB L2 cache
-Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
-2GB (two SO-DIMMs) of PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2
-250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 4200 rpm
-256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
-SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
-AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
-Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
-Integrated Audio
-Weight: 6.8 pounds